"But what brings you here at this hour? Did the Commander come back with you?"
Adele asked Zimmer, a faint hope rising in her despite herself.
"The Commander says he won't be able to come home for a few days — he's still tying up the serial murder case. He asked me to stop by and make sure nothing was wrong at the house."
Disappointed, but Adele didn't let it show, and smiled.
"Everything's fine here. Tell him not to worry."
At that, Mia quickly cut in.
"Oh, please. He told you to check on things because he's worried about Adele, isn't that right?"
"Well... yes."
Zimmer gave an awkward little laugh, caught out.
Christine had been with the palace coroner since the day before. Stone had been arrested, but the identity of the skeleton found at the Oswald estate still hadn't been established. It looked like it would take…
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